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English for Academic Teaching Purposes Fall 2007

WEEK 1: Introductions

October 3, 2007

• Icebreaker: Your personal recipe
• Discussion: Teaching for learning in Higher education
• Course organization and planning
  • Student learning
  • Course planning
  • The Kolb Adult Learning Cycle
  • A systematic approach to course planning
  • Bloom's Taxonomy (see Major Categories from the University of Washington)
• Learning outcomes
  • Guidelines and resources

WEEK 2: Course Co-Construction

October 10, 2007

• Assessing learner needs: Survey Monkey Questionnaire
• Writing learning outcomes
• EATP course planning
• Homework: Word Formation (Exercise Key)

WEEK 3: Language issues in the international classroom

October 17, 2007

• Syllabus presentation
• DOD and Lecturette sign-ups
• Discussion: Myths about working with foreign languages in the university English-medium classroom
• Listening: Essayists reflect on studies of language and life, Talk of the Nation, NPR, September 25, 2007
• Homework: Preposition collocations with stative passives (Exercise Key)

WEEK 4: Language issues in the international classroom

October 24, 2007

• DOD 1 Review
• World Englishes discussion with pre- or post-reading activities
• Estonian English or Estlish or just a few Estonianisms heard in EATP

WEEK 5: News Summaries

October 31, 2007

• DOD 2 Review
• Estonianisms continued
• News Listening Summaries
• Lecturette: Koit
• Giving constructive criticism and peer feedback
• Happy Halloween
  • This is Halloween from The Nightmare Before Christmas
  • Lyrics to "This is Halloween"
  • Pumpkin bread/cake recipe
  • Soul Cakes

WEEK 6: Lecturettes abound

November 7, 2007

• DOD 3 Quiz
• Syllabus reorganization
• Lecturette: Terje, Jana, and Jaanus
• In follow-up to our conversation about the role of so-called "hard" science: An article by Peter Drucker, Manage Yourself
• Homework: Adjective clauses (Exercise Key)

WEEK 7: Introductory speech

November 14, 2007

• Introducing a speaker
• Lecturette: Karin and Marika
• Business: Next class will be on Tuesday, November 20, 2007 from 18:00-19:30 in Paabel (room TBA); No class on November 21.
• Homework: Choosing the right word and phrasal verbs (Exercise Key)

WEEK 8: Paraphrasing practice

November 20, 2007

• Lecturette: Eero
• Summarizing and paraphrasing
  • game with Estonian idioms

WEEK 9: Lecturettes

November 27, 2007

• Lecturette: Thomas-Andreas, Karmen, Kalle
• PISA video and results
• Homework: Prepositions of time (Exercise Key)

WEEK 10: News & Introductions

December 5, 2007

• DOD 5 Word work
• News Listening Summaries
• Introduction speeches: More practice and home assignment

WEEK 11: Introductions and listening

December 12, 2007

• DOD 6 Word work
• Pausing pointers for increased fluency
• Introductions

Week 12: Holiday celebration

December 18, 2007

• Holiday party at 18:00 in Paabel 225
• Movie It's a Wonderful Life
• Socializing and fun

Winter break

Continuation course will resume in February!